and that is Marie Kondo.
I read her book ages ago and I liked a lot of her ideas but I will admit that as I read about the anxiety she felt as a child when things were out of place or the joy she felt in "tidying up", I couldn't help but think she might have some sort of undiagnosed mental illness going on.
Nevertheless, she has some good ideas for purging and organizing.
I have always loved to organize so it was right up my alley, truth be told.
At the time of reading the book, I did some things she suggested...I started folding my socks a certain way (though I never did the thing where you put both socks inside each other-I didn't need Marie Kondo to tell me that stretches out the socks!), I got rid of things that didn't spark joy, I started using some boxes inside my drawers to help organize them.
And then I pretty much forgot about Marie.
And now, she is on Netflix and everyone is talking about her again. Everyone is trying to figure out if their jeans spark joy or not.
So, when Frank was out of town, I watched the show.
It got me going again, thinking I should do some more purging and organizing.
Her name has become a verb. I decide to "Marie Kondo" my clothes.
Here's the thing: As I watched the show I was embarrassed for and disgusted by the sheer amount of stuff those people had. I know there are lots of people who have too much stuff and, yes, I admit I am probably one of them. But there is no freaking way I have as much crap as those crazy folks on her Netflix show. When those people put their clothes in a pile, it was just plain ridiculous how much stuff they had.
So today I pulled out all of my clothes.
Ok, maybe not all. I have some summer clothes in bins in the basement which I did not lug upstairs. I only went through the clothes in my closet and dresser. Oh and the few things that I have in the closet in the guest room. And I didn't do my shoes which are also in my closet, the guest closet and the basement. Perhaps you can see where I'm headed with this...
(and I don't consider myself a person who has a lot of clothes or shoes. Certainly my friends would never consider me to be a fashionista with lots of clothes)
The pile was embarrassing.
In the end I purged 2 1/2 trash bags of clothes. Not the huge leaf size bags, just the kitchen trash bag size. Still, lots of stuff. I took a picture of the pile of hangers left after the purge and even the hanger pile was embarrassing.
A surprising number of things still had tags. I can, at times, be an impulse shopper.
I did keep about 10 items that still "spark joy" but that don't currently fit me. If they still don't fit me the next time I do this, they absolutely must go. mmmkay?
Next, I believe I will tackle the summer bins and shoes. No sense putting it off.
I might as well Marie Kondo the whole place.
I will be so freaking full of joy it'll just be unbelievable.
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